On BBQ and other mysteries
What constitutes a valid BBQ? And do our cookbooks shape or reflect our knowledge of the real thing?
Some hard ecumenical questions
It is unlikely that Geoffrey Wainwright’s Faith, Hope, and Love: The Ecumenical Trio of Virtues found its way into many stockings or under a lot of Christmas trees this year. Nevertheless, the slim volume is worth reading, because it forces difficult questions on the reader.
The maternal priesthood
There are two things that reliably make me cry: Mary and babies.
My son’s autism is making me holy (and I hate it)
Our lives center around my son’s autism. It is the compass that keeps us ever pointing away from ourselves and towards some unknown horizon.
Anglicans and confession
You can confess to an Anglican priest.
Doing theology as a bishop
Doing theology as a bishop, as well as writing it, often turns out to be exhilarating.
The Hail Mary and Corpus Christi
Derek writes: 1.) What is doctrinally wrong with the Hail Mary in regards to asking for prayer? How is it different than me asking you for the same? 2.) Why is Eucharistic Adoration frowned upon?
On the rite of reconciliation
Is absolution conditioned upon the sincerity of the one seeking reconciliation? Are there occasions in which absolution should be withheld?